Teams

Ireland	Australia
Tries Horgan	Tries Latham, Mitchell 2
Cons none	Cons Rogers 3
Pens Humphreys, O'Gara 2	Pens Rogers 3
Team 15 FB Geordan Murphy 14 W Shane Horgan 13 C Andrew Trimble 12 C Gordon D'Arcy 11 W Tommy Bowe 10 FH Ronan O'Gara 9 SH Peter Stringer 1 P Marcus Horan 2 H Shane Byrne 3 P John Hayes 4 L Donncha O'Callaghan 5 L Malcolm O'Kelly 6 F Simon Easterby (c) 7 F Johnny O'Connor 8 N8 Denis Leamy     Replacements 16 H Rory Best 17 Simon Best 18 L Matt McCullough 19 Neil Best 20 Kieran Campbell 21 FH David Humphreys 22 Girvan Dempsey	Team 15 FB Chris Latham 14 W Mark Gerrard 13 C Lote Tuqiri 12 C Morgan Turinui 11 W Drew Mitchell 10 FH Mat Rogers 9 SH George Gregan (c) 1 P Greg Holmes 2 H Brendan Cannon 3 P David Fitter 4 L Hugh McMeniman 5 L Nathan Sharpe 6 F John Roe 7 F Phil Waugh 8 N8 George Smith     Replacements 16 H Tatafu Polota-Nau 17 P Al Baxter 18 L Mark Chisholm 19 N8 Scott Fava 20 SH Matt Henjak 21 Lloyd Johansson 22 OB Wendell Sailor

Notes

Result Australia won by a margin of 16 points

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance 42000

Referee CR White (England)

Ireland Test debuts AD Trimble

Australia Test debuts DES Fitter

Other scores

Argentina tour
Italy	22 - 39	Argentina	Genova
Canada tour
Romania	22 - 20	Canada	Bucharest
Fiji tour
Portugal	17 - 26	Fiji	Lisbon
New Zealand tour
England	19 - 23	New Zealand	Twickenham
South Africa tour
Wales	16 - 33	South Africa	Millennium Stadium
Tonga tour
France	43 - 8	Tonga	Toulouse
FIRA Championship D2
Moldova	7 - 40	Spain	Chisinau